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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
He took up a firing stance, holding the thirty-eight out in front of him. ‘Mr [[John Lennon|Lennon]]?he said.
He took up a firing stance, holding the thirty-eight out in front of him. "Mr [[John Lennon|Lennon]]?" he said.


* [[1968]]: [[Cristian Alvarez]] meets the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[London]].
* [[1968]]: [[Cristian Alvarez]] meets the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[London]].
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* The Doctor, Benny and Ace were holidaying in [[Switzerland]] in [[2030]] prior to receiving the message from Christian.
* The Doctor, Benny and Ace were holidaying in [[Switzerland]] in [[2030]] prior to receiving the message from Christian.
* The Doctor and companions follow [[Huitzilin]] to the ''[[Titanic]]''.
* The Doctor and companions follow [[Huitzilin]] to the ''[[Titanic]]''.
* [[Huitzilopochtli]] is pronounced Weet-Zeelo-Potch-Tlee.<ref>''The Left-Handed Hummingbird'', page 58</ref>
* [[Huitzilopochtli]] is pronounced Weet-Zeelo-Potch-Tlee.
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<blockquote>Benny watched him. 'Do you think it's got anything to do with what happened in Oxford?'<br />'Maybe. Too early to tell. It's certainly not the [[Garvond]].<br />'You know I didn't mean that.'<br />'Yes, I do. You mean whatever caused our brush with our skull-faced friend, and the jaunt with the [[Silurian]]s too.'<ref>''The Left-Handed Hummingbird'', page 23</ref></blockquote>-->
<blockquote>Benny watched him. "Do you think it's got anything to do with what happened in Oxford?"<br />"Maybe. Too early to tell. It's certainly not the [[Garvond]]."<br />"You know I didn't mean that."<br />"Yes, I do. You mean whatever caused our brush with our skull-faced friend, and the jaunt with the [[Silurian]]s too."</blockquote>-->


=== Communications technology ===
=== Communications technology ===
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* The Doctor eats ''[[psilocybe mexicana]]'' mushrooms, which enhance his telepathic abilities.
* The Doctor eats ''[[psilocybe mexicana]]'' mushrooms, which enhance his telepathic abilities.
* The Doctor has three lumps of LSD-spiked sugar in [[1968]].
* The Doctor has three lumps of LSD-spiked sugar in [[1968]].
* Through drugs and alcohol the gods can make paths into the world: "The cactus [[wine]], the morning glory seed, the [[psilocybe mexicana|mushrooms]] - they are the causeways along which Huitzilopochtli can journey into Tenochtitlan."<ref>''The Left-Handed Hummingbird'', page 84</ref>
* Through drugs and alcohol the gods can make paths into the world: "The cactus [[wine]], the morning glory seed, the [[psilocybe mexicana|mushrooms]] - they are the causeways along which Huitzilopochtli can journey into Tenochtitlan."
* [[Achtli]], a novice [[priest]], dies from taking the magic mushrooms that allow some people to see the Blue.
* [[Achtli]], a novice [[priest]], dies from taking the magic mushrooms that allow some people to see the Blue.


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* [[Cristian Alvarez|Cristián Xochitl Alvarez]] was known as "Cris" in [[1968]].
* [[Cristian Alvarez|Cristián Xochitl Alvarez]] was known as "Cris" in [[1968]].
* Professor [[Lawrence Fitzgerald]] knows the Doctor.
* Professor [[Lawrence Fitzgerald]] knows the Doctor.
* Ace rescues a slave, [[Iccauhtli]], who was to be sacrificed. He dies after Ace and he get into a fight with some warriors. He drowns in a canal after a warrior splits his rib cage open.<ref>''The Left-Handed Hummingbird'', page 103</ref>
* Ace rescues a slave, [[Iccauhtli]], who was to be sacrificed. He dies after Ace and he get into a fight with some warriors. He drowns in a canal after a warrior splits his rib cage open.
* [[Ce Xochitl]] is a judge and Iccauhtli's father.
* [[Ce Xochitl]] is a judge and Iccauhtli's father.


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* Ace recalls [[Saul]] and the natural way the [[psychic]] energy pooled to create him.
* Ace recalls [[Saul]] and the natural way the [[psychic]] energy pooled to create him.
* When the casing of a Dalek shatters, it sounds like chips in hot oil, according to Ace.
* When the casing of a Dalek shatters, it sounds like chips in hot oil, according to Ace.
* During a conversation about [[vampire]]s the Doctor says, "The [[Mara]] fed on raw emotion (and) the [[Fendahl]] sucked souls whole."<ref>''The Left-Handed Hummingbird'', page 113</ref>
* During a conversation about [[vampire]]s the Doctor says, "The [[Mara]] fed on raw emotion (and) the [[Fendahl]] sucked souls whole."
* Ace gets hit by a [[telepathic]] bomb.
* Ace gets hit by a [[telepathic]] bomb.
* After a telepathic event attacks her, Bernice attacks someone with a frying pan.
* After a telepathic event attacks her, Bernice attacks someone with a frying pan.
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* {{dwrefguide|who_na21.htm|The Left-Handed Hummingbird}}
* {{dwrefguide|who_na21.htm|The Left-Handed Hummingbird}}
* {{whoniverse|NA21.php|The Left-Handed Hummingbird}}
* {{whoniverse|NA21.php|The Left-Handed Hummingbird}}
== Footnotes ==
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